Airports will soon add lie detector machines to their security procedures

 

Airports will soon add a new layer to their security procedures. Several airports in Europe will start giving lie detector tests to passengers. Special lie detector machines will use artificial intelligence to test travellers. The lie detector machines are backed by a European Union project called i-BorderControl. The first machines will be at border checkpoints in Hungary, Greece and Latvia. Airports in these countries will carry out trials on the lie detector machines this month. Travellers from outside the European Union will have to take the test. They will look into a webcam and answer questions from a computer-animated immigration official. The computer-generated animation will change to match the race and language of the traveller.

A European Union spokesperson said the virtual border guard will scan passengers' faces and analyze their micro-expressions. They will use these expressions to find out if the passenger might be lying. A human security guard will take over if the lie-detecting software detects a security risk. The procedure will initially divide passengers into two types. Low-risk travellers will be asked basic information in the lie-detection process, while higher-risk passengers will get more detailed questions. A psychology expert doubted if the system would work. He said: "If you ask people to lie, they will do it differently and show very different behavioural cues than if they truly lie....This is a known problem in psychology."

1. SECURITY: Students A strongly believe lie detector tests will improve security at airports; Students B strongly believe they won't.  Discuss

2. AIRPORTS: How can airports be made better? Complete.

	Improvement	Why?
Security
Shopping
Check-in
Eating
Waiting
Immigration

 

3.Vocabulary

    Paragraph 1

1.	layer	a.	A level of something that is part of a bigger thing.
2.	procedures	b.	The place at an airport or country's border where government workers check the documents of people entering that country.
3.	artificial intelligence	c.	A usual or official way of doing something.
4.	border	d.	A test of the performance, qualities, or suitability of someone or something.
5.	trials	e.	A system of computers thinking and making decisions like humans.
6.	immigration	f.	The line between countries, regions and other areas.
7.	match	g.	Make or get one thing to be the same as another.

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8.	virtual	h.	The scientific study of the human mind and its functions, especially those changing behavior in a given context.
9.	scan	i.	Find out or show the presence or existence of something.
10.	expressions	j.	Not real, but made to look real by computers.
11.	detects	k.	A person who has a lot of knowledge of or a skill in a particular area.
12.	psychology	l.	Look at all parts of something carefully in order to find something.
13.	expert	m.	A signal for an activity to start.
14.	cues	n.	A look on someone's face that shows a particular emotion.

 

4. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article.

1. layer
2. procedures
3. carry out
4. official
5. match
6. spokesperson
7. analyze
8. initially
9. doubted
10. cues

1. officer
2. at first
3. go with
4. examine
5. level
6. conduct
7. mistrusted
8. system
9. signals
10. representative

5.Role play

Role  A – Yourself You think the worst person to lie to is yourself. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them why it isn't as bad to lie to their people. Also, tell the others who it is most OK to lie to of these (and why): a doctor, a police officer or your husband/wife.

Role  B – A Doctor You think the worst person to lie to is a doctor. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them why it isn't as bad to lie to their people. Also, tell the others who it is most OK to lie to of these (and why): yourself, a police officer or your husband/wife.

Role  C – A Police Officer You think the worst person to lie to is a police officer. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them why it isn't as bad to lie to their people. Also, tell the others who it is most OK to lie to of these (and why): a doctor, yourself or your husband/wife.

Role  D – Your Husband/Wife You think the worst person to lie to is your husband/wife. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them why it isn't as bad to lie to their people. Also, tell the others who it is most OK to lie to of these (and why): a doctor, a police officer or yourself.

6.Discussion - Lie detector tests at airports are coming

1. What did you think when you read the headline?
2. What images are in your mind when you hear the word 'lie'?
3. What do you think of airport security?
4. How much more secure will airports be with lie detector tests?
5. When was the last time you told a lie?
6. Do you think you could fool a lie detector test?
7. What is the biggest lie you have told?
8. Should lie detector tests be used in other places?
9. How would you feel about taking a lie detector test?
10. How bad is lying?

11. What do you know about lie detector tests?
12. What is the best kind of airport security?
13. Do you think it's OK to tell white lies?
14. Who do you think "high-risk" passengers are?
15. What do you think of liars?
16. Would you like to see lie detectors used in airports?
17. What questions would you like to ask airport officials?